Health and Safety Awareness for Caretakers

This is a one day course designed for those who work in, or are about to enter into, Building/Estate management. It will help delegates to understand the potential hazards that they might face at work. It provides a practical summary of Health and Safety, welfare and environmental issues, identifying individual responsibilities for looking after themselves and others who may be affected by their business undertakings.

Who is it for?

Landlords (Commercial)

Property Management

Property Caretakers

Facilities Management

Property/Estate Management

Maintenance Supervisors

Schools

Nursing Homes

Course outline:

Roles and responsibilities

Health and Safety Legal Framework and Introduction to Risk Assessment

Employer/employees responsibilities

Accountability and responsibility

The importance of record keeping

Risk Assessment

Associated terms

Risk assessment procedure and recording

Dynamic risk assessment

Maintaining a safe and healthy working environment

Working with electricity

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Asbestos

Legionella

Manual Handling

Who may be at risk and why

How to avoid injury

Fire Prevention and Fire Safety

Course Length: One day

Course assessment: There is no end of course assessment, all delegates will receive a certificate of attendance.